This page includes resources about laughter, laughter yoga, laughter therapy, mental health awareness, suicide prevention, suicide survivor support and grief counseling.
There is a lot of information on this page so please, scroll down to see all the links and resources.
I wish love, laughter and blessings to you all!
LAUGHTER/HUMOR
Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor
Prescription for Fun, the Laugh Doctor
Laughter Remains Good Medicine
How Humor Contributes to Physical Health
Laughing your way to Enlightenment
Patch Adams
TEARS
Aside from encouraging laughter, Giggle On! was created as a way for me to talk about my experience with depression, mental illness and the aftermath of suicide. I’ve learned a lot shedding buckets of tears.
Giggle On is dedicated to my laughter loving friends Jim Thompson and Jim Sims both died by suicide. Until we meet again…
Socrates once said, “The comic and the tragic lie inseparable close, like light and shadow.” The Two Jims embodied light and dark, as do we all. With the darkness comes light. With light we Giggle On!
I am not a mental health professional nor do I provide counseling services. I am simply doing my part to raise awareness about issues that touched my life.
Giggle On Survivor of Suicide Q&A Series
Survivor Q & A: Annie DiMattia
Survivor Q & A: Gretchen Kubacky
If you are a survivor of suicide loss and would like to participate in the Survivor Series, please email me at christa at giggle on dot com.
Suicide Awareness/Prevention/Survivor Support
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Handbook for Survivors of Suicide
Parents of Suicides Internet Community POS-FFOS
We Remember Them Memorial Wall
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Support Groups
American Association of Suicidology
Suicide Prevention News and Comment
Suicide Prevention Action Network
Suicide Prevention, Awareness and Support
Delaware’s Suicide Prevention Plan
Grief Support (Adult)
Delaware End of Life Coalition
Grief Resources (Children)
Foundation for Grieving Children
Mental Health
Mental Health Association in Delaware
NAMI Delaware – National Alliance on Mental Illness
Psychiatric Service Dog Society
* If you have mental health/grief/suicide related resources you’d like me to consider adding to this page, please CONTACT ME HERE.
Disclaimer: Christa Scalies is not a psychiatrist or a therapist. If you or your loved one is in immediate danger, call 911 immediately.
If you or someone you know is in a suicidal crisis, requires information about mental health resources or any other crisis situation, call the trained staff at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
You can view a list of suicide prevention hotlines in other countries by visiting http://www.befrienders.org/
- the foundation for full blown fits of belly-aching laughter; laughter in an uncontrolled, silly or giddy way; to laugh repeatedly with short spasmodic sounds in a light manner.